Caritas Hospital

The Caritas Hospital is an Indian hospital in Thellakom under the Ettumanoor municipality in Kottayam district, Kerala, India. The hospital is run by the Syro-Malabar Knanaya Catholic Archeparchy of Kottayam.

This article is about Caritas Hospital in Thellakom, Kerala, India. For Disambiguation, see Caritas.

Caritas Hospital
Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Kottayam
Geography
LocationThellakom, Kottayam district, Kerala, India
Coordinates9.645405°N 76.549203°E / 9.645405; 76.549203
Organisation
TypeHospital
Services
Emergency departmentYes
Beds635
History
Opened1962
Links
Websitehttp://www.caritashospital.org/
ListsHospitals in India
Other linksHospitals in Kerala

History

The Caritas Hospital foundation stone was laid by Cardinal Tiserang in the presence of Mar Thomas Tharayil on November 27, 1953. The roughly six acre site of the hospital was donated by Joseph Vallapally's widow and children. In 1962 Mar Thomas Tharayil, Bishop of Kottayam, in collaboration with a few Germans, started the healthcare venture and named it 'CARITAS'.

Caritas Hospital Aerial View

Departments

Caritas Cancer Institute

The Caritas Cancer Institute is a comprehensive tertiary cancer Institute with Medical oncology, Surgical oncology and Radiation Oncology and Pain and Palliative Care departments. The Institute was inaugurated on 24 February 2003. The centre is equipped with 2 linear accelerators for radiation teletherapy via IMRT. The department is providing Brachytherapy facility also. Other Radiation oncologists at CCI are Dr. Johny Joseph (previously associate professor at MCH), Dr. Judith Aaron and Dr. Jenny Joseph.

Medical Oncology department started by medical oncologist Dr. V P Gangadharan currently has Dr. Boben Thomas and Dr. Unni. S. Pillai (JIPMER, Pondicherry) as consultants. The department is providing chemotherapy services for solid tumours and haematological malignancies. The department also conducts bone marrow transplant services

Surgical oncology department has two decades of experience in advanced oncological surgeries. The regular surgeries are breast cancer surgeries and head and neck cancer surgeries. They have a separate division for GI oncology surgeries. Another area of expertise is in Gynecologic Oncology surgeries. Keyhole cancer surgeries are done regularly by the surgical oncologists of the department. Oncology surgeries for cancer of lung and esophagus are done with a good outcome. Hepato biliary oncological surgeries, like whipple resection survival rates are equivalent to international standards.

Dr. Jojo V Joseph, a surgical oncologist in South India started the department of Surgical Oncology and continues to head the department for the last two decades. He was actively involved in designing and commissioning the Caritas Cancer Institute.

Caritas Heart Institute

Caritas Heart Institute was inaugurated and blessed on 24 September 2011. It has South India's First Hybrid CathLab, Two state of the art Operation Theatres, 24 bedded Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, 14 bedded post-operative ICU, Hi-end Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory & Well equipped 24 hours mobile emergency. The cardiology department at this hospital has completed 25 years of service to the community. Interventional Cardiologists, American trained Cardiac Surgeon and a Cardiac Anesthesiologist with vast experience have been posted. Facilities for Angioplasty, Bypass surgery, Valve repair, Balloon dilatation of the valves, Valve replacement surgery, Pacemaker Implantation etc. are available in the new complex. In addition to this there is a Research cell in the cardiology department which participates in multiple multi-centre international research studies.

References
  • "The Archeparchy of Kottayam". Kottayamad. 28 November 2012.
  • "DNB General Suergery: Admissions & Colleges". 30 October 2022.
  • "Kerala Lady Doctors of Caritas Hospital Make Short Film on Breast Cancer". NewIndianExpress. 7 February 2022.


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